What is my "Rainbow Connection"? Well, let me think about that.
To be honest, I can't imagine myself outside of a school, which shouldn't be too difficult to believe, considering I've spent the last 13 years being a slave to the public institution, and just recently signed up for 4 more years of similar torture.
It's nearly impossible for me to imagine a "dream career", considering I have no idea what I want to do with my life, but I have a few ideas...
Option 1: College professor of music history or something in that ballpark.
By me saying "I want to be a college professor", that pretty much kills my "choose where I want to live" thing. I will live where a job is open, simple as that. If I could choose, I'd love to live in New York City. I love the idea of living in a big city with lots of excitement and opportunities, but with all of the people in New York who are just as good at what they do, if not better, than you are, that lowers your chances of success.
Option 2: Art therapist/special ed teacher.
Quick little background on this one, my mom is a special ed teacher, and I absolutely love working with those kids, and in my personal experience, I've seen that art is a great universal communicator, even for children with non-verbal autism. I've considered music therapy, considering how much I love music, but I've found that appreciating, understanding, and creating music takes some amount of education that many people lack. Far more people can make art than music.
If I were to do this, I don't care where I'd live, but I'd like to be working with elementary/middle school aged children. To prepare for this, I'd like to do a bit more exploring outside of the music school, and take a class on special education next term. Seeing my mom do her job has made me realize that special education is an extremely difficult job, but a rewarding one that takes creativity and thinking outside the box.
I'm young, a freshman in college; I don't know what I want to do with the rest of my life. I just know that I intend to continue my education after these four years, I just haven't figured out what to study. The way I see it, I'm a dandelion seed floating in the breeze just along for the ride, and where I land, I'll grow.
I like this, Julia. I think it's completely fine to not be sure what you want to be when you grow up--to steal a line from somewhere I can't remember, "Some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don't know what they want to be when they grow up." I like the idea of you taking a Special Ed course in the spring (or even Jan Term, if it's available), and you might want to consider taking Intro to Music Therapy when it's offered again next Fall.
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